Council of the Jewish community of Kaunas, Lithuania (Fond 1231)

Identifier
irn516416
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.688
  • RG-26.006M
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Lithuanian
  • Yiddish
  • Hebrew
  • Russian
  • German
  • English
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516416

Extent and Medium

11 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 1231, Opis 1. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Nov. 2004.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of records of the Council of the Kaunas Jewish community in Lithuania, reflecting different aspects of the activities of the Jewish communities of Kaunas during the inter-war period and at the beginning of World War II. The collection includes correspondence with local and government authorities, the Ministry of Jewish Affairs, local Jewish communities across Lithuania regarding budget, tax collection, salaries of Jewish community officials, and their election. Also contains records related to Jewish schools; minutes of meetings; annual reports; budget proposals; card files of Lithuanian rabbis ( file 49-166); statistics about Jewish agricultural workers; unemployed Jews; Jewish primary schools; birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates issued by local Jewish communities ( folder 245-279); and documents of war refugees.

System of Arrangement

Arrangment is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Subjects

  • Jewish councils--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Kaunas--History--20th century.
  • Kaunas (Lithuania)

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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